The Snowman in the Yard


Read by LibriVox Volunteers

LibriVox volunteers bring you 14 recordings of The Snowman in the Yard by Joyce Kilmer. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for February 26, 2012.

Alfred Joyce Kilmer was an American journalist, poet, literary critic, lecturer, and editor. Though a prolific poet whose works celebrated the common beauty of the natural world as well as his religious faith, Kilmer is remembered most for a short poem titled "Trees" (1913), which was published in the collection Trees and Other Poems in 1914.

At the time of his deployment to Europe during World War I (1914–1918), Kilmer was considered the leading American Catholic poet and lecturer of his generation, whom critics often compared to British contemporaries G. K. Chesterton (1874–1936) and Hilaire Belloc (1870–1953). A sergeant in the 165th U.S. Infantry Regiment (better known as 'The Fighting 69th), Kilmer was killed at the Second Battle of the Marne in 1918 at the age of 31. (Summary from Wikipedia) (0 hr 34 min)

Chapters

The Snowman in the Yard - Read by AJ 2:09 Read by ashleighjane
The Snowman in the Yard - Read by BM 3:11 Read by Bill Mosley
The Snowman in the Yard - Read by DL 2:31 Read by David Lawrence
The Snowman in the Yard - Read by FS 2:23 Read by fshort
The Snowman in the Yard - Read by GC 2:17 Read by Snapdragon
The Snowman in the Yard - Read by GHS 2:16 Read by Algy Pug
The Snowman in the Yard - Read by JCM 2:18 Read by Jason Mills
The Snowman in the Yard - Read by JM 2:20 Read by Jannie Meisberger
The Snowman in the Yard - Read by JST 2:14 Read by John Trevithick
The Snowman in the Yard - Read by LAH 2:17 Read by Lee Ann Howlett
The Snowman in the Yard - Read by LKP 2:21 Read by Lucy Perry
The Snowman in the Yard - Read by LLW 2:50 Read by Leonard Wilson (1930-2024)
The Snowman in the Yard - Read by REF 2:38 Read by Rhonda Federman
The Snowman in the Yard - Read by RN 2:46 Read by ravenotation